Even More Sesame Street Trivia!

[TravellingMatt]

1. Who did Big Bird name his teddy bear, Radar, after?

A. Elliott Gould
B. Tom Skerritt
C. Gary Burghoff
D. Alan Alda

2. In which year was Mr. Snuffleupagus revealed to be real?

A. 1984
B. 1985
C. 1986
D. 1987

3. Kevin Clash was asked by Richard Hunt to perform Elmo. In which "Monsterpiece Theatre" skit does Richard perform Elmo?

A. "The King and I"
B. "Upstairs, Downstairs"
C. "Chariots of Fur"
D. "Me Claudius"

4. The gang from "Sesame Street" went to Hawaii to visit which cast member?

A. Buffy
B. David
C. Luis
D. Hiroshi

5. What was the name of Buffy's baby?

A. Kermit
B. Oscar
C. Floyd
D. Cody

6. On which kids' show did Kevin Clash do puppetry for before appearing on "Sesame Street"?

A. "The Letter People"
B. "The Great Space Coaster"
C. "The Banana Splits"
D. "H. R. Pufnstuff"

7. What song do Ernie and Cookie Monster sing on the "Sesame Street: In Harmony" CD?

A. "Sing"
B. "Share"
C. "Somebody Come And Play"
D. "Mr. Bassman"

8. On whom did Carroll Spinney base Oscar's voice?

A. A hot dog vendor
B. A postman
C. A cab driver
D. His grandfather

9. True or false: Miss Piggy made an appearance on "Sesame Street".

A. True
B. False

10. What is the name of Marshal Grover's horse?

A. Fred
B. Clyde
C. Buster
D. Horse

11. Who left his mark on just about everything in Sniddler's Gulch?

A. Sinister Sam
B. Black Bart
C. Louie the Lip
D. Cowboy X

12. When Maria and David went mountain climbing, what was on the banner they put at the top of the mountain?

A. "SESAME STREET"
B. "DAVID LOVES MARIA"
C. "HELP"
D. "LONG LIVE PBS"

13. Kermit is a frog, Bernice is a pigeon, and Slimey is a worm. What kind of animal is Little Murray Sparkles?

A. A cat
B. A bird
C. A lizard
D. A bat

14. In the animated segments, what number does the pinball machine go up to?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 20

15. When Ernie brings home a puppy, what does Bert want to name it?

A. Gordon
B. Norman
C. Harold
D. Ned

16. When Big Bird goes to camp, there's only one other Muppet there. What's his name?

A. Rudy
B. Ronnie
C. Rocky
D. Rusty

17. True or false: before his tenure on "Sesame Street", Bob McGrath was a teen idol in Japan.

A. True
B. False

18. What instrument does Gordon play?

A. The trumpet
B. The flute
C. The violin
D. The drums

19. Who ran Mr. Hooper's store after David went back to the farm to help his grandmother?

A. Gina
B. Bob
C. Mr. Ortiz
D. Mr. Hanford

20. Which three Sesame Street humans were interviewed for A & E's "Biography"?

A. Susan, Bob and Maria (Loretta Long, Bob McGrath & Sonia Manzano)
B. Susan, Gordon, and Gina (Loretta Long, Roscoe Orman & Allison Bartlett O'Reilly)
C. Susan, Maria, and Alan (Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, & Alan Muraoka)
D. Bob, Gordon, and Luis (Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, & Emilio Delgado)

 

[Ernie101]

1. Who did Big Bird name his teddy bear, Radar, after?

A. Elliott Gould=Answer
B. Tom Skerritt
C. Gary Burghoff
D. Alan Alda

2. In which year was Mr. Snuffleupagus revealed to be real?

A. 1984
B. 1985=ANSWER
C. 1986
D. 1987

3. Kevin Clash was asked by Richard Hunt to perform Elmo. In which "Monsterpiece Theatre" skit does Richard perform Elmo?

A. "The King and I"=ANSWER
B. "Upstairs, Downstairs"
C. "Chariots of Fur"
D. "Me Claudius"

4. The gang from "Sesame Street" went to Hawaii to visit which cast member?

A. Buffy=ANSWER
B. David
C. Luis
D. Hiroshi

5. What was the name of Buffy's baby?

A. Kermit
B. Oscar
C. Floyd=ANSWER
D. Cody

6. On which kids' show did Kevin Clash do puppetry for before appearing on "Sesame Street"?

A. "The Letter People"
B. "The Great Space Coaster"=ANSWER
C. "The Banana Splits"
D. "H. R. Pufnstuff"

7. What song do Ernie and Cookie Monster sing on the "Sesame Street: In Harmony" CD?

A. "Sing"
B. "Share"
C. "Somebody Come And Play"=ANSWER
D. "Mr. Bassman"

8. On whom did Carroll Spinney base Oscar's voice?

A. A hot dog vendor
B. A postman
C. A cab driver
D. His grandfather=ANSWER

9. True or false: Miss Piggy made an appearance on "Sesame Street".

A. True
B. False=ANSWER

10. What is the name of Marshal Grover's horse?

A. Fred
B. Clyde=ANSWER
C. Buster
D. Horse

11. Who left his mark on just about everything in Sniddler's Gulch?

A. Sinister Sam
B. Black Bart
C. Louie the Lip
D. Cowboy X

12. When Maria and David went mountain climbing, what was on the banner they put at the top of the mountain?

A. "SESAME STREET"-ANSWER
B. "DAVID LOVES MARIA"
C. "HELP"
D. "LONG LIVE PBS"

13. Kermit is a frog, Bernice is a pigeon, and Slimey is a worm. What kind of animal is Little Murray Sparkles?

A. A cat
B. A bird
C. A lizard=ANSWER
D. A bat

14. In the animated segments, what number does the pinball machine go up to?

A. 10
B. 12=ANSWER
C. 15
D. 20

15. When Ernie brings home a puppy, what does Bert want to name it?

A. Gordon=ANSWER
B. Norman
C. Harold
D. Ned

16. When Big Bird goes to camp, there's only one other Muppet there. What's his name?

A. Rudy
B. Ronnie=ANSWER
C. Rocky
D. Rusty

17. True or false: before his tenure on "Sesame Street", Bob McGrath was a teen idol in Japan.

A. True=TRUE
B. False

18. What instrument does Gordon play?

A. The trumpet
B. The flute
C. The violin
D. The drums=ANSWER

19. Who ran Mr. Hooper's store after David went back to the farm to help his grandmother?

A. Gina=ANSWER
B. Bob
C. Mr. Ortiz
D. Mr. Hanford

20. Which three Sesame Street humans were interviewed for A & E's "Biography"?

A. Susan, Bob and Maria (Loretta Long, Bob McGrath & Sonia Manzano)=TRUE
B. Susan, Gordon, and Gina (Loretta Long, Roscoe Orman & Allison Bartlett O'Reilly)
C. Susan, Maria, and Alan (Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, & Alan Muraoka)
D. Bob, Gordon, and Luis (Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, & Emilio Delgado)

 

[The Count]

Even More Trivia Answers

Here are my guesses.
3. D. Me Claudius. The King and I features Grover and the letter I, Chariots of Fur features Herry and Grover, and Upstairs Downstairs is before my time.
4. a. Buffy and 5. d. Kody. Though these are also before my time, I got these answers through my Muppet research.
10. a. Fred.
13. d. Cowboy X.
16. a. Little Murray Sparkles is Elizabeth's cat.
17. b. False, Bob wasn't a Japanese teen idol before joining SS.
18. b. Gordon played the flute.
19. a. I believe this is the time when Gina was left to run Hooper's Store on her own.

Answers 17 and 19 are just guesses.
Thunder clashing and Lightning flashing, the Count.

 

[matleo]

1. C) Gary Burghoff played Radar in the film MASH and on the series. Carroll met Gary while doing an appearance on Hollywood Squares, and the rest is history.

2.
B) 1985

3. Kevin Clash was asked by Richard Hunt to perform Elmo. In which "Monsterpiece Theatre" skit does Richard perform Elmo?

A. "The King and I"
B. "Upstairs, Downstairs"
C. "Chariots of Fur"
D. "Me Claudius"

trick question! The only one of these Elmo appears in is "Me Caludius" but it's NOT Richard. Elmo has a third performer, Brian Muehl. Brian also originated Telly, Grungetta and a few others. When he left the series, Elmo went to Richard and then later Richard passed it on to Kevin Clash

4. The gang from "Sesame Street" went to Hawaii to visit which cast member?

A) Buffy

5. What was the name of Buffy's baby?

C) Floyd

6. On which kids' show did Kevin Clash do puppetry for before appearing on "Sesame Street"?

B) the Great Space Coaster where he played Gorddile Gorilla. He also worked with Muppeteers Jim "Gary Gnu" Martin and Noel "knock Knock the Bird/Bear in the Big blue..." McNeal


7. What song do Ernie and Cookie Monster sing on the "Sesame Street: In Harmony" CD?

B)Share

8. On whom did Carroll Spinney base Oscar's voice?

C) A NY Cab driver

9. True or false: Miss Piggy made an appearance on "Sesame Street".

B) False

10. What is the name of Marshal Grover's horse?

A) Wonderhorse Fred

11. Who left his mark on just about everything in Sniddler's Gulch?

D) Cowboy X

12. When Maria and David went mountain climbing, what was on the banner they put at the top of the mountain?

C) HELP!

13. Kermit is a frog, Bernice is a pigeon, and Slimey is a worm. What kind of animal is Little Murray Sparkles?

A) Cat

14. In the animated segments, what number does the pinball machine go up to?

B) 12

15. When Ernie brings home a puppy, what does Bert want to name it?

B) Norman

16. When Big Bird goes to camp, there's only one other Muppet there. What's his name?

OK this one I don't know cause I never saw the Big bird camp episodes.

17. True or false: before his tenure on "Sesame Street", Bob McGrath was a teen idol in Japan.

A) True. Apparently Bob had/still has a HUGE following over there.

18. What instrument does Gordon play?

A) Trumpet

19. Who ran Mr. Hooper's store after David went back to the farm to help his grandmother?

D) Mr. Hanford

20. Which three Sesame Street humans were interviewed for A & E's "Biography"?

A) Susan Bob, Maria....they had been there the longest.

 

[Jackie]

I love, "Me Claudius"

 

[The Count]

I have to correct myself on a few of my answers.
11. d. Cowboy X is the one who leaves his mark all over the cowboy town.
13. a. Little Murray Sparkles is Elizabeth's cat.
14. b. The highest number the animated pinball segment counts up to is 12.
16. d. Rusty is the only other muppet present when Big Bird goes to summer camp. These episodes were shown a couple of weeks ago on Noggin's presentation of Unpaved.

That's all for now. Thunder clashing and Lightning flashing, the Count.

 

[TravellingMatt]

1. Who did Big Bird name his teddy bear, Radar, after?

C. Gary Burghoff

Carroll Spinney had met actor Gary Burghoff and hit it off, so he had Big Bird name his teddy bear Radar, after Mr. Burghoff's character on "M*A*S*H".


2. In which year was Mr. Snuffleupagus revealed to be real?

B. 1985

Phil Donahue appeared on this episode, brought about because the writers wanted to convey the idea that children *should* be believed.

3. Kevin Clash was asked by Richard Hunt to perform Elmo. In which "Monsterpiece Theatre" skit does Richard perform Elmo?

D. "Me Claudius"

Actually, with this being a trick question, it may have not been Richard performing Elmo, but it sure wasn't Kevin Clash. The only reason I thought it was Richard was because part of "Me Claudius" was shown on the A & E Biography on "Sesame Street" just before Kevin mentioned how Richard pawned Elmo off on him, more or less.

4. The gang from "Sesame Street" went to Hawaii to visit which cast member?

A. Buffy

Bob, Olivia, Mr. Hooper, Maria, Big Bird, and Oscar went to Hawaii. Snuffy also went (unbeknownst to the grownups), and he and Big Bird found Mt. Snuffleupagus.

5. What was the name of Buffy's baby?

D. Cody

Cody's full name was Dakota Starblanket Wolfchild.

6. On which kids' show did Kevin Clash do puppetry for before appearing on "Sesame Street"?

B. "The Great Space Coaster"

He performed the part of an orange wisecracking primate named Goriddle Gorilla, who had a jones for bananas.

7. What song do Ernie and Cookie Monster sing on the "Sesame Street: In Harmony" CD?

B. "Share"

A concept that Cookie Monster needs some training in, to say the least...


8. On whom did Carroll Spinney base Oscar's voice?

C. A cab driver

Carroll was trying to find Oscar's voice, when he went in a cab driven by an old-school NYC native, who said "WHERE TO, MAC?"...and a Grouch's voice was born.


9. True or false: Miss Piggy made an appearance on "Sesame Street".

B. False

...although the Sesame Street Muppets often checked up on their old pal Kermit on "The Muppet Show".

10. What is the name of Marshal Grover's horse?

A. Fred

...and Fred seemed to have more common sense than the monster riding him.

11. Who left his mark on just about everything in Sniddler's Gulch?

D. Cowboy X

This was a rare case where a character from an animated segment, Cowboy X, was parlayed into a Muppet character (they used the lavender live-hands Anything Muppet for him). Big Bird requests Cowboy X's autograph, which is, of course, a big letter X.

12. When Maria and David went mountain climbing, what was on the banner they put at the top of the mountain?

C. "HELP"

One of many classic segments involving Maria and David.

13. Kermit is a frog, Bernice is a pigeon, and Slimey is a worm. What kind of animal is Little Murray Sparkles?

A. A cat

And this is one of the more realistic Muppets, who doesn't talk or walk on two legs (unlike various frogs, dogs, bears, pigs, chickens, and whatever the heck Gonzo is). Little Murray Sparkles is very cat-like, and cute too!

14. In the animated segments, what number does the pinball machine go up to?

B. 12

"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12..."

15. When Ernie brings home a puppy, what does Bert want to name it?

B. Norman

I'm assuming that Bert wanted to name his new four-legged friend after former Sesame Street writer Norman Stiles. In an unrelated story, Billy Crystal named the calf he helped birth in "City Slickers" Norman.

16. When Big Bird goes to camp, there's only one other Muppet there. What's his name?

D. Rusty

Rusty sounded like he was voiced by Richard Hunt...in fact he talked a little bit like Gunge from "Fraggle Rock". Rusty was the lavender "rod" Anything Muppet, and didn't always want to engage in camp activities, but he did anyway.

17. True or false: before his tenure on "Sesame Street", Bob McGrath was a teen idol in Japan.

A. True

As per his website, Bob was quite the superstar in Japan. WHen I told a friend this, he said "Next thing you'll tell me is that Gordon was a superstar in Korea!"

18. What instrument does Gordon play?

B. The flute

And of course, Oscar and his pals watch him practice so they can laugh it up whenever he messes up.

19. Who ran Mr. Hooper's store after David went back to the farm to help his grandmother?

D. Mr. Hanford

Mr. Hanford was a retired firefighter who was sick of being retired, so he assumed ownership of Hooper's Store before Alan took over.

20. Which three Sesame Street humans were interviewed for A & E's "Biography"?

A. Susan, Bob and Maria (Loretta Long, Bob McGrath & Sonia Manzano)

As mentioned, they're the ones who've stayed with the show the longest, but due to other commitments, Loretta Long's appearances are sporadic at best nowadays.

 

[dwmckim]

Also on Great Space Coaster: John Lovelady.

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

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Actually, I was wondering what happened to David. I know the actor, Northern Calloway died in real life. I didn't know whether or not it established what happened to him on the show. Well, by for now.

 

[ssetta]

As far as my knowledge goes, as I have never actually seen it, Gina told Big Bird that David went away to his grandmother's farm. I actually don't think it was that wise an idea to lie like that on Sesame Street. He should have actually told the truth. But it wasn't the same as when Mr. Hooper died, because in David's later years on the show, he was much fatter, and he was mentally retarded. From what I understand, he was running through the streets of NYC naked, and eating grass. So it wasn't nearly as sad as when Mr. Hooper died. Also, maybe, they didn't want to do that whole thing again.